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plcnut

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DNSLOOKUP not working
« on: November 25, 2013, 02:47:07 PM »
I have a DNSLOOKUP for my e-mail that was not working. Everything was working fine for several weeks, and then I started getting an unknown error from my PING. I checked the IP address and it was all zeroes, so I took a look at the DNSLOOKUP and realized it would set the ip address to all zeroes even though it set the success flag. I could load the identical rung in my Simulator and it worked fine.

in my frustration I stumbled upon the idea of changing the l to a L (just because the l (ell) looked so much like a 1 (one) in dataview) in "aspmx.L.google.com" and now it works fine.

Either way works when using the DNS lookup under the Tools menu. Any ideas?
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LWgreys

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Re: DNSLOOKUP not working
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2013, 07:54:06 PM »
The Preferred DNS Server may not be available to resolve the Name to IP Address.
Try a new DNS server to resolve the Name to IP Address.
Usually the local PC network DNS should work, but not all local pc networks have a DNS server.

Here is a current list of free ones from http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/a/free-public-dns-servers.htm

Free & Public DNS Servers (Updated December 2013)
Provider                Primary DNS Server             Secondary DNS Server
Level31                 209.244.0.3                    209.244.0.4
Google2                 8.8.8.8                        8.8.4.4
Securly3                184.169.143.224                184.169.161.155
Comodo Secure DNS       8.26.56.26                     8.20.247.20
OpenDNS Home4           208.67.222.222                 208.67.220.220
DNS Advantage           156.154.70.1                   156.154.71.1
Norton ConnectSafe5     198.153.192.40                 198.153.194.40
GreenTeamDNS6           81.218.119.11                  209.88.198.133
SafeDNS7                195.46.39.39                   195.46.39.40
OpenNIC8                216.87.84.211                  23.90.4.6
Public-Root9            199.5.157.131                  208.71.35.137
SmartViper              208.76.50.50                   208.76.51.51
Dyn                     216.146.35.35                  216.146.36.36
censurfridns.dk10       89.233.43.71                   89.104.194.142
Hurricane Electric11    74.82.42.42     
puntCAT12               109.69.8.51